Category Archives: Pace

Saturday Snap – New Bunk Beds in Our Garage?

Grandpa Dennis built us some new shelving for our garage. Once we got it in place, Pace and his buddy from down the street, Jeffrey, decided that the shelves would actually work better as bunk beds. They even convinced Grandpa to try them out!

Saturday Snap – Sunset Swing

#tbt Throwback Thursday – Summer Reading Program (July 17, 2009)

The TD Summer Reading Program is once again in full swing at libraries across Canada.  Here’s a pic of Pace and I with one of the entertainers (Walden the Wizard?) I brought in when I worked at Southeast Regional Library. Pace seems a bit uncertain of this wizard’s powers! đŸ˜‰

A Few Random Thoughts on Pace’s Final Day of Grade One

At the beginning of the year, the teacher said that any kid who read 300 books would get a prize at the end of the year.  Pace ended up reading around 400 books (and probably more that we didn’t always remember to write in his reading log), got a pretty cool “Thunder Maker” toy as […]

After One Year As a Parent, One Thing is Certain…

(full comic available here and worth the click)

Saturday Snap – Happy Father’s Day (One Day Early)

To my own dad and to the kid who made me a dad for the first time (Sasha would’ve been in this photo too but she was back in the campsite doing a really good job of staying away from the water!)

Saturday Snap – Sasha Grooving

Shea got invited to Pace’s school for a Volunteer Appreciation Tea for some work she’d done to help out with Pace’s class this year while she was on maternity leave.  She took Sasha to the tea and it was a pleasant surprise that Pace’s class was also the one chosen to entertain the volunteers.  Sasha […]

Saturday Snap – Nice Weather’s Here…

  …so we’re in the backyard as much as possible!  

Could Minecraft Help Make Kids Smarter?

Given how much Pace plays the game (and watches YouTube videos about it and reads books about it and has themed birthday parties about it), I hope so!

Saturday Snap – The Gang for Pace’s 7th Birthday at Laser Quest